In one of the clearest indications yet of how the turbulent global trade conditions are affecting South Korea,... new figures show the country's export AND import prices dropped sharply last month.<br />According to the Bank of Korea on Thursday,... South Korea's export prices fell by more than two-percent in November compared to the previous month. <br />The appreciation of the local currency contributed to the drop in export prices... trading at an average of one-thousand-128 won against the greenback,... a zero-point-two-percent drop a month earlier.<br />Import prices fell by four-point-six percent on-month... mainly due to a drop in international crude prices.<br />Dubai crude, Korea's benchmark, slumped more than 17-percent compared to the previous month to around 65 U.S. dollars. <br />
